Glass artist: Linda Steider
http://steiderstudios.wordpress.com
http://www.steiderstudios.com
http://www.1000markets.com/shops/steiderstudios
Visit Linda’s blog and you’ll be enchanted by the lovely photos of flowers, glass, and the outdoors.  It’s pretty easy to see some of the things that inspire Linda, that’s for sure!   A visit to her website shows you immediately how many different ideas she likes to play with.  Glass is a never-ending source of delight for Linda.

Linda writes:
I love glass! I love wearing it, how it feels against my skin. It can feel light & airy like my earrings or more substantial like my chunky glass bracelets. The pendants I make are everything …read more

Artist: Lea Avroch
Business name: LA Jewelry Designs
Location: Long Island, NY
Websites & Blogs:
http://www.lajewelrydesigns.com
http://www.lajewelrydesign.blogspot.com
http://www.lajewelrydesigns.etsy.com
http://www.lajewelrydesigns.artfire.com
http://twitter.com/lajewelrydesign

Lea, your beads are beautiful!  How do you describe your work?
I make handmade wearable glass art and unique jewelry. I started out as a jewelry maker (self taught), mostly stringing and simple wire work and most recently to beadweaving. I’ve always been fascinated with glass. I have a collection of some lovely art glass sculptures in my home so when I saw that a local art league was offering lampwork classes, I quickly signed up. It was a beginner class, which gave me the basics. I since have taken …read more

Nancy Tobey is a busy busy glass artist!  Her teaching and show schedule are enough to make anyone tired, but that is after she has spent countless hours making all of these gorgeous little gems of glass.
Nancy writes:
Fourteen years ago, my passion for glass led to me wonder if it was possible to make glass beads by hand. I soon found out, not only that is was possible, but that it was grand fun as well.
Over the years my glass love continued to grow and evolve. I went from collecting jelly jar glasses to telephone pole insulators to …read more

Artist: Gail Kops
Websites:
Beadles
Beadles etsy shop

An age old question – is the moon made of green cheese? – maybe – but in my world it is made of glass.
Glass art, especially the lampworking variety is a fascinating mode of expression. It is dynamic, reactive, and absolutely fascinating. Its properties, when heated with a torch, sometimes produce unbelievable special effects and chemical reactions. These chemical reactions are the key components in creating the landscapes in the moon focals I create.
In the moon focals, I use components that mix to create 3D landscape effects, cubic zirconias for definite stars, sparkly …read more

Artist: Teal Rowe
Website: Ojai Style
In her work with glass blowing, Teal Rowe celebrates color, nature and life, and a unique feminine sensuality. In her works, she infuses clear glass with translucent colors. Her works reflect influences of solid glass sculptures from Murano, Italy. The process by which her works are made varies from the process of blown glass, which presents a challenge she relishes.